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Моя мама против - Murder of Oksana Makar - Netflix

The murder of Oksana Makar took place in March 2012 in Ukraine,
garnering extensive media coverage both at home and abroad and leading
to mass protests. Oksana Makar, aged 18, was attacked by three men in
the city of Mykolaiv on 8 March 2012: she was raped, strangled, set
alight and left to die, though she survived another three weeks after
being taken to hospital. Her case became a cause célèbre in Ukraine when
only one of the attackers was charged by the police. The other two,
whose parents were reported to be former government officials, were
released on police bail, allegedly because of personal connections of
their parents They were later rearrested after a public outcry and mass
protests on 13 March. Protests demanding justice, to gather funds and
encourage blood donations continued after the arrest as well.

Моя мама против - Public response - Netflix

The actions of the police were deeply criticised by the media and led to
public protests in Mykolaiv, Kharkiv, Lviv and Odessa. The death of
Makar was linked with so-called “bigwig crimes”: crimes committed by
either the children of public officials or by officials themselves.
According to victim’s mother, Tatiana Surovitskaya, her connections
within one of the central TV channels in Ukraine helped to ensure
widespread initial media coverage. Surovitskaya posted a footage of
Makar in hospital after medics had been forced to amputate one of her
arms and both her feet on YouTube (these amputations can clearly be seen
on the video) two weeks after the attack. Ukrainian billionaire and
member of parliament Renat Akhmetov had aided the transfer of Makar to
the Donetsk Burn Center and also paid for the Swiss surgeon. The
Governor of the Mykolaiv province, Nikolai Kruglov blamed among the
others the family of the injured girl: “The question of control of the
child - it's family issues. This is a minor child, in our 18 years in
school learning - I am at this point I say”. Raisa Bohatyryova (Deputy
Prime Minister and concurrently the Minister of Health) held talks with
Nikolai Kruglov and asked him to provide all the necessary medical care
for Oksana. The Ukrainian Presidential adviser, Marina Stavniychuk,
voiced her support to the residents of Mykolaiv and opposed the initial
release of suspects. She announced that the Presidential Administration
was surprised by the behavior of law enforcement officers, who released
the suspects of the rape and attempted murder. The presidential adviser
further expressed her personal disbelief over the release of the
suspects. Member of parliament Serhiy Sobolev said that “the spokesman
of the Mykolaiv regional police department is frankly lying” when she
(Lt. Col. Olga Perederenko) stated that “the girl was in such condition
that it could not provide any evidence”, Sobolev was shocked that Olga
Perederenko still holds her position. During the plenary session of the
Verkhovna Rada (Ukraine's parliament) on March 14, Gennady Zadyrko, in
reaction to the incident involving Oksana Makar, said that Ukraine
should “bring back the death penalty”. The deputy Oleg Lyashko urged his
colleagues to donate one day's salary to Makar's medical treatment. He
also opined that they should “castrate pedophiles”. Secretary of the
National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Andriy Klyuyev
expressed confidence that the perpetrators will be punished with the
full extent of the law. He noted that “the government must adequately
respond to any crime - no one has to avoid punishment, regardless of
affiliation or social status”. An Honored Artist of Ukraine Angelica
Rudnitskaya has stated she doesn't not believe in the execution of
President Viktor Yanukovych order to ensure a full and impartial
investigation of rape Oksana Makar. She said: “If the law enforcement
system is not able to protect its citizens and punish those responsible,
the people themselves must all available legal means to force her to do
it”. After Makar had died on 29 March 2012 President Yanukovych and
Prime Minister Mykola Azarov were among the first to offer condolences.
Azarov wrote on his blog “No compromises. Only with the knowledge that
punishment is inevitable will these monsters fear to encroach on
people’s lives and rights.”